The Weekly Anthropocene Interviews: Amara Ifeji
An Exclusive The Weekly Anthropocene Interview
In February 2021, I interviewed Ms. Amara Ifeji, a leading young environmental activist from Maine, and published that interview in The Weekly Anthropocene, which was then email-only. Here, it’s republished for Substack!
Amarachukwu Ifeji (pictured) is a young activist and environmental scientist from Bangor, Maine. Her pioneering phytoremediation project, “Testing the Effectiveness of Mycorrhizae in the Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals From Stormwater,” won best in category in both the Maine Science Fair and the Intel Science and Engineering Fair. She also founded the Multi-Cultural Student Union at Bangor High School, works as a grassroots coordinator with the Maine Environmental Education Association, and was recently awarded the Mainely Character scholarship and named a National Geographic Young Explorer.
A lightly edited transcript of an exclusive interview with her follows. This writer’s questions and remarks are in bold, Ms. Ifeji’s responses are in regular type. Bold italics are…
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